i don't have great optimism that the government can do this itself. i think that think tanks actually tend to have more capability to do it. because they are on occasion able to get away from the inbox. unfortunately, the tendency is for the government to provide less and less funding for that kind of capability and the congress doesn't like to have airy fairy thinking funded by the government. and the state department, defense department, when they give money to the think tanks, it's for a very specific task generally. now, there is private money that goes into think tanks that could be available for this. but that i think is probably the best place to try to do it. it's not easy. universities sometimes think in these terms although recently in the last decades, they have tended also to become narrowly focused on disciplinary rather than interdisciplinary activities. that's my best hope. i actually gave a speech a dozen years ago suggesting this. it hasn't happened. >>> up next, why marine snipers need better ammo and rifles. stay tuned. they were co